NestedEntitySerializer now skips the wrapping into an EntityModel if the target serializer is a JsonValueSerializer as EntityModel requires the value to ultimately resolve into key value pairs as it's only enriching something that's rendered as JSON document with hypermedia elements.
We actually do not want to inherit all the functionality implemented in AbstractHandlerMapping. The sole reason we did so before was to override the method to propagate the PathPatternResolver to the downstream HandlerMappings. We now just declare the method on DHM directly.
Fixes GH-1955.
We now build against a newer Servlet API version to align with Spring Framework.
Also, introduce a version property servlet.version for centralized version management.
Closes#1951
Switch to ObjectProvider for all component dependencies in the constructor of RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration. Made the bean definition of AnnotatedEventHandlerInvoker a static bean as it's an application listener and it being an instance method causes extend initialization of the configuration class trickling down into unnecessary bean lookups that early in the lifecycle.
The fix for DATAREST-1535 has changed the default allowed methods for CORS requests to a smaller set than we originally returned. This commit reinstantiates the default to be set to all HTTP methods, Spring Data repositories support by default.
Related tickets: DATAREST-1535.
Finally remove the dependency to Spring WebMVC from Spring Data REST's core module. Removed previously deprecated methods and update test configuration applying customizations.
Related tickets: DATAREST-1543.
We replaced the component scan in RespositoryRestMvcConfiguration with dedicated bean methods. This allows us to be more explicit in resolving required components, which is required for better support of GraalVM native image.
Original pull request: #382.
